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📐 Selecting
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//wand | Get the wand (wooden axe). Left-click = corner 1, right-click = corner 2. | |
//pos1also: //pos2 | Set a corner where you stand. | |
//hpos1also: //hpos2 | Set a corner at the block you're looking at. | |
//expand 5 up | Grow the box 5 blocks in a direction. | |
//expand vert | Grow the box from sky to bottom. | |
//contract 5 down | Shrink the box. | |
//shift 3 north | Move the box (not the blocks). | |
//size | How big is my box? | |
//desel | Forget the box. | |
/wesui toggle | Hide or show the selection outline (see below). | |
/wesui toggleclipboard | Hide or show the paste outline. |
✨ The selection outline (WorldEditSUI)
What the sparkles mean
- As soon as you pick two corners with the wand, little flames draw the edges of your box. That box is exactly what the next command will change.
- After
//copyor//cut, an outline of white sparkles shows your clipboard: where the build will land if you//pasteright now. Walk around and watch it follow you! - Round and fancy selections (spheres, cylinders, polygons) are drawn in their real shape.
- Very big selections are not drawn, to keep the server smooth. Check them with
//size.
Turn the outlines on or off
/wesui togglehide or show the selection outline/wesui toggleclipboardhide or show the clipboard (paste) outline/wesuishows the outline helpOutline gone? Click a corner again with the wand, or type /wesui toggle twice.
| Selection shape | Command | How to pick it |
|---|---|---|
| 📦 Box (normal) | //sel cuboid | Left-click one corner, right-click the opposite corner. |
| 🔵 Sphere | //sel sphere | Left-click the middle, right-click how far out it goes. |
| 🥚 Ellipsoid | //sel ellipsoid | Left-click the middle, right-click to stretch it in each direction. |
| 🛢️ Cylinder | //sel cyl | Left-click the middle, right-click the edge and the top. |
| ⭐ Polygon (flat outline) | //sel poly | Left-click the first point, then right-click each next point around the shape. |
| 💎 Convex (3D shape) | //sel convex | Left-click the first point, then right-click every other point. |
🎯 Try this! Type
//sel sphere, left-click a block, right-click a block 5 away, then //set glass. A glass ball appears exactly inside the flames! Type //sel cuboid to go back to boxes.🧱 Filling & replacing
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//set stone | Fill the box. | |
//set 30%stone,70%dirt | Mix blocks by percent. | |
//replace dirt grass_block | Swap one block for another. | |
//replace grass_block,dirt air | Swap several at once. | |
//walls oak_planks | Just the four walls. | |
//faces glass | Walls, floor and roof. | |
//overlay snow | Put a layer on top of the ground. | |
//naturalize | Make it look like natural ground (grass, dirt, stone). | |
//hollow | Empty the inside of a solid shape. | |
//line stone | Draw a line between the two corners. | |
//smooth | Smooth bumpy hills. | |
//fill water 10 | Fill a hole with water. | |
//drain 10 | Remove water nearby. |
🔵 Shapes
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//sphere glass 5 | Solid ball, radius 5. | |
//hsphere glass 8 | Hollow ball (dome). | |
//cyl stone 4 10 | Pillar: radius 4, height 10. | |
//hcyl stone 6 12 | Hollow tower. | |
//pyramid sandstone 8 | Pyramid. | |
//hpyramid sandstone 8 | Hollow pyramid. |
💡 Shapes are made around where you stand.
📋 Copy, paste & move
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//copy | Copy the box (where you stand matters). | |
//cut | Copy and remove. | |
//paste | Paste relative to you. | |
//paste -a | Paste without the air blocks. | |
//rotate 90 | Rotate what you copied. | |
//flip | Mirror it (the way you face). | |
//stack 3 up | Repeat the box 3 times. | |
//move 5 north | Slide the blocks. | |
//schem save name | Save your clipboard. | |
//schem list | See saved builds. | |
//schem load name | Load a saved build. |
🖌️ Brushes
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//brush sphere stone 3also: /br sphere | Right-click to paint balls of stone. | |
//brush sphere -h glass 3 | Hollow ball brush. | |
//brush cylinder stone 2 5also: /br cyl | Cylinder brush. | |
//brush smooth 3 | Smooths terrain where you click. | |
/none | Turn the brush off. |
💡 Brushes go up to size 5 and attach to the item in your hand.
↩️ Undo & info
| Command | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
//undo | Undo your last change. | |
//undo 5 | Undo 5 changes. | |
//redo | Put it back. | |
/undo | Take back everything you built or broke in your plot in the last minute, by hand or WorldEdit (/undo 5 = 5 minutes). | |
/redo | Put it back again. | |
/plot backup save | Save point for your whole plot (/plot backup load 1 then /plot confirm to go back). | |
//distr | Count the blocks in your box. | |
//count stone | Count one kind of block. | |
/ascend | Go up to the next floor. | |
/descend | Go down. | |
/thru | Go through the wall you're looking at. | |
/jumptoalso: /j | Jump to where you're looking. |
🎨 Patterns & masks
Patterns choose which blocks to place: stone, 50%stone,50%andesite, oak_stairs[facing=north].
Masks choose which blocks are affected: //gmask grass_block makes commands only change grass. //gmask alone turns it off.
⚠️ Limits: 15,000 blocks per command, only in plots you own or were added to. Everything is recorded.